• Denmark striker has 18 months left on contract at Wolfsburg• Palace still pursuing signature of Emmanuel Adebayor

Crystal Palace have been made aware of Nicklas Bendtner’s availability at Vfl Wolfsburg and are considering bringing the former Arsenal forward back to the Premier League, initially on a six-month loan deal.

Bendtner has been used largely from the bench by the Bundesliga club since departing England in 2014 on a free transfer, and has scored four goals this season albeit only once since late August. He still has 18 months to run on his deal at the German club, though there has been criticism of the 28-year-old, who has made four Champions League appearances for Wolfsburg this term, for an apparent lack of fitness going into the team’s winter training camp prompting suggestions he would be permitted to leave.